The Sun. — London, England, 1810-04-28 00:00:00

PORTUGUESE PAPERS. L1C1301 , /, APRIL IL—The Marqqe.sito's pai - ty has entered Aranjuuz and Ocana, having marched . by way of C3rnessolendas. At Aranjuez they made a French Captain and four soldiers - prisoners, and seized ten waggons laden with muiltelg., and five with regimentals, boots, Btc, The warty consisted of woo infantry a_nd 200 cavalry, and colleted• all the stragglers in that quarter front Mancha to Man zanares. _ . The party of the Canon of Siguenra was, by the last accounts, at Aicazar de S. Juan. Lieutenant- Colona FrancisquAe Sanches, adwarf in stature, but a man of great bravery, - has 250 cavalry, and 150 infantry ,pnclt'r his command. The same day that the Marquesito entered Aranjuez, Francisquete sur prised and put to the sword 40 Frenchmen at Villa rubia de los Ojos. He afterwards had a brtish wish the French at Pedronberas, and then - marched for Cuenca, to pay . a visit to . Bassecourt, carrying with him five arrobas, weight of papers, found upon vari ous French couriers, whom he bad intercepted.— His party, however, continues in Mancha. On the 27th ult. the party commanded by the Priest 'Can hizares had an atlair with the enemy, who fell back to Ciudad Real, and afterwards to Hospi.7 cio. Thee Spaniards also entered Ciudad Real,. and one of their serjeants killed'a French serjeant in the place.' The French had.besides, seven or eight pri vates killed on this occasion. Our troops then re ... treated, - upon receiving intelligence of the . advanCe of 400 French from Almagro and Dathiel. On the 28 t h the French broke down the bridge of Puerto Llano, Their number was about 1000, and they intended. to advance to Almaden.—. The Brigadier D. isidoro Mir was, on the 30th making preparations to receive• them. He bad Kith him about , 300 men, chiefly infantry; but his force was daily increasing. On that day he was at Siruella, and had colleaed about 56 horse. Sortie soldiers who left Carpio del Toledo on the 20th ult: state that the. French had very) few troops in Montalvan, and that in Toledo they had only between 400 end 500. - The / post frt:9l Estretua aura to Madrid does not go the diied road, but makes a circuit upon the right bank of the. Tagus as far as Toledo. BADAJOZ, APRIL 6.—The brave inhabitafip of the valley of Aran support the contest in the most heroic style. The French have not gained an inch of ground Upon them, and, their efforts are daily at tended with considerable loSs. They • lately sum moned the inhabitants to suh 'it; but the latter re plied, that tbey preferred death to French slavery. The enemy, irritated by this answer, made a furious attack upon them, but were shamefully repulsed with considerable loss.• Aram 7.—The division of Regnier occupies ar present the_towns : of Medellin, Villa Nueva de la Serena, and D. Benito, in which last are his head quarters. His rear-guard left D. Alvara and Val verde, on the otl, and marched for Guarena, where it remains. Ballesteros is retiring by Zalame-a la' Real, in the county of Nuebla, -leaving some troops under the command of Brigadier Contreras, in Ronquillu, and diffeient , posts in the Sierra. O'Donnel'S advance- entered Merida an the sth inst., and abont4 league and akalf from that city he took 1500* Cations, Which were to have been for warded to'the enemy at Medellin. Aram g.—Ay English expedition which was destined for Catalonia is said'to have 'arrived in that principality.. On the fith e llegnier's division evacuated Guarena,' Villa Gonzalo, and Medellin, and marched for Cam pgnario. and Cabeza de Boey. O'Donnel's ad vanced parties are in pursuit of the enemy. A Ser: jelinr of Hussars, belonging to the, Crusaders 'of Al bequerque, killed a French Lieutenant oft Dragoons .on the bridge of Medellin. , • • • ALMEIDA, APRIL 1, --The French troops in the environs of Salamanca are daily diminishing by ca sualties ; the greater part of theM being mere strip - lings, numbers of them are daily falling sick. This evening a party of Spanish infantry came in here, with eighteen deserters from the French, of 'whom fire are English, two French, and the rest Italians, Poles, &c. -They report,- that many more intend to desert, all being 'dissatisfied With, the bad tteatmerttlhey receive from their offi:ers, and the hardships and fatigue they undergo in the'service. CRAVES, APRIL 3. 7 —0 n the i2d ult. the enemy suddenly evacuated Oviedo, leaving behind hii sick, and the Spaniards who had fallen into his hands, on being informed of the approach of General Ponte, •who had disiodged the enemy from the heights of Fresno, with some loss. . A letter from General Mahy, of the 29th ult. sap, that he had - taken - 11'1e command of the 4th division of% General Garcia, and that he was to set out the same day for Villafianca, where he had or dered all his forces to form a junction. The Governor of Puebla, de Sanabria writes word . that, pu , suant to orders from General Malty, he was on the point of advancing to Baneza, to divert the atte..tion of_ the troops besieging Astorga.. This movement . was to be in conct rt with the force under the coromand of . P.,chevarria. Letters from Ponfei rada state, that a considerable body of the eneiny's force before Astorga, had may -0 off on the 26th, but their destination was not known. The force left to blockade it consisted, of between 8 and 9,000 men. LISBON, APRIL 13.—The war seems to be .at an end in Estretnadura. Balli-3stera,haviog left suffi cient garrisons 'lb the Sierra, is failing back upon Zalainea, for the purpose of more securely watch ing the Motions of Regnter. 'the latter, how ever, did not dare to hazard an ne,tion with O'Don nei. His retreat to Cabeza del limy indicates, that he has finally quitted Estretnadura, and is dirett ins*, his march to Cordova, or perhaps to the foot of the Sierras, contiguous to La Mancha.— Ail the letters received , here state, that . the enemy are committing the most horrid- atrocities in their retreat. But let us_ turn away our eyes from these., scenes of horror, to fix them upon the brilliant per spedive which Spain now exhibits, compared with her situation at the end of January. It seems as if a protecting Genius had decreed that Spanish freedom shciuld be established on the ruins of French tyranny: In the Asturias, gallicia, Estremadura, Andalu• sia; Valencia,. Catalonia, every Where, within il.e last two months, have her intltfnig,tble and Vigilant Generals routed the enemy. Her regular troops, at this allot tient, excet•d effeo i ve men ; ' and her light,partit-A lin :he :ny: , d , :d proyincts.are so•ra piidly ine!easing - io numbers, and particularly in-con fidence; that the Whole of Spain app,fars !Ike a vast sepulchre, in which the protid French ,are-paying with their lives the forfeit of their crimes. M I.S. ARIZ , / D- - z Dublin. cue z Dubiir , 2 Waterford. tr U N. SOL/P.M QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDEAT ? L OND O'N, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, . 1810. Last night Thitch Papeis of the 23d inst. reached town. We have for some time past observed, that the French Papers,. and those under their influence, lave contained very little information indz d, respeet ing the progress of the war in Spain. These are no very communicative upon tl'at subjea ; they mere ly inform us that large re,:nfmc.enients arc on their march towards Bayonne, and that a grand battering train of krtillery is colleaing there, to be employed '- in attacking the fortresses in Spain and Porttigal whickstill hold out. If the-Continent were not in p most lamentable state of ignorance, BUONA-. PARTS would never have ventured to use such an expression. After' threatening, :that before Christtna, 'lBOB, he would not leave a village in Spain' in the hands of the Insurgents, he now finds himself in the smile situation that he was' then, -with regard to Spain, after having lost above 190,000 of his, troops, and been completely driven out of Portugal We are not surPriged that BUONA rmiTE should wish to draw the attention of the people _of France from the War in Spain. With respell to the Wars against Austria and Prussia, the rapid saccess, the brilliant' siclories of the French Arrniq, and the idea that they were contending against enemies, or rivals, might naturally reconcile the French to 'the immense sacrifices they , were making. But with regard to Spain, the cage is to tally different; the War carried on against that Coutitry,is not calculated to promote any one French objet; on the "contrary,_ \\ healer successMl, or otherwise, .it inmust produc;Y consequences injurious to .France. BUONAPA RTE wi:,Led to make his brother King of Spain, and in order" to accomplish that ob . jea, he has sacrificed an imw,ense number of lives, converted'a faithful-biend into an itive;efate enemy, and laid the foundation of an animosity between the . 1 two Nations which, whate=ver Lxlay b., the result of the present contest, will never ht rerntivc4, and at ter all he is as far from the attaiirtnent of his object as- ever. . These Papers contain a Letter from BUONAPAR s TE to the Archduke CHARLES, requesting him to act as his Proxy, in espousing -MARIA Loursn. In this letter he; in conformity to his comtant prac tice, under the pretext of civility, conveys the most galling insult ; he tells the Archduke that lie has se-• leeted him to perform that interesting a'ct, in con sequence of the admiration which' the condo& of his Royal Highness in the' battles of • As pern and Wagram had excited in him.---When it .is recollected that it was the battle of Wag. ram that placed Austria at the feet of France, bnd that BuoNAPARTE, in hi, Bulletin of., that battle, boasted of having completely out . -generaled the -i Austrians, the extent of insult must easily be - felt.--It is said ihat..BuotiNpAßTE, in order to gratify MARIA•LOUISA and her family, is about to revise the trials of the late King and Queen of France, and to punish such of their murderers as still re main alive ; but we ao not think it likely that he will adopt such a measure. - The French have. already began to aet upon the late treaty (if it deserve that name) which was con cluded with Holland. A considerable 'detachment of French troops 'have taken pogliessioq of:Rotterdam, under pretext.of co-operatatlg with the native troops i n protecting the harbours of Holland iron) contra band trade. A report was very currently circulated this morn ing, which we should feel most happy to be able to Confirm, viz. that an engagement had taken place between the British and Toulon fleets,' and that the latter had been defeated, 'and the greater part of it taken. We have, made every possible inquiry ,upon the subject, and cannot find that thexeport rests upon any authority. No intelligenc. 91 the kind has been received at the Admiralty. We are happy to have it in our power to remove the doubts which subsisted respeaing the fate of JEFFREY, the seaman, who was left on the Island of Sombrero. Authentic accouats were yesterday re ceived of his having been taken off that Island ,a very short time after he was left there, by an Ame rican vessel, and be is now in perfea health, in the I.rovince of M-assachusets, where he goes by the name of " the Goi;ernor of Sombrero." FRC.II 7HE EUTCH I),IPERS. STRASBURG:I, Arum 15.--Notwithstanding the satisfactory accounts received during the % last two months, respecting the success of our arms in Spain, French troops still continue marching to that coun try. According to letter's from Bourdeaux, various corps .arrived there in . the course of the month of March, having come partly direEt from Paris, and partly by the military road through Limoges and P.:iigueux•: after a - short halt they proceeded on their march to Bayonne. That part of the grand park of artillery, and the division of the park of light 'artillery, which first broke up from Passau, had also arrived there,- and were under orders for Spain.— , A train of battering artillery is collecting' at sayonne, to be employed in attacking the fortresses in Spain and Portug - al'Which still hard out. The General of Divisibn Rogniac, who has assn need the command of this branch of the ser% ice, has his head-quarters at Bayonne. Among the troops that lately passed through Bourdeaux on their Way to Spain, is an eniirerly new division; formed at Aug,burgli, and consisting of several regiments of. the line and the 4th legion of the Vistula. There is ti strong.garrispn in Bayonne, which principally consists of the depots of the regi- ments serving in Spain, including Fretich,,Poles, I and Dutch, and also an Irish regiment. The men who are exercised at these depots set off by detach ments for Spain, to reinforce their corps, and are - from time to time replaced by fresh recruits. VIENNA, APRIL 7.—With respeat to the hosti lities that have broken out between the Turkish and French troops, our journals give the folloyving ac count :—A quarrel took, place in the fortress of Siszeg between the French troops and the Turks, in yvhich the latter were worsted. The Turks, exas perated by this occurrence, secretly assembled in great force, and making a sudden onset upon. the French, took 300 of them prisoners, whom they beheaded or ithpaled. Marshal Marriaont, the moment the news reached him, marched at the head of a corps chiefly consisting of Croatians, car ried the fortress of Siszeg by storm, and put every Turk in it to.the sword. The battalion of Ug,lln particularly distinguished themselves-upon this oc , caSion., Thefoliowing is - a' copy, of the letter from the Emperor Napoleou to the Archduke Charles, re questing him to officiate as his proxy at the recent marriage:— - I know . not '.a worthier Prince, a greater Commander,- that► your . lusperial Highness. The two ' memorable .batiles. in which we were 6p posed to each other in. the late war, made- are • so well acquainted with your merits, and so co. Vered you with glory in my eyes, that I am anxi-. ous to give the world a solemn proof of my senti ments in this respea, by proposing to you, my Prince„ to espause; in my. place and by virtue of my full powets, my beloved Louisa, the future Empress of France. Be pleased to petform tor. me this in= teresting aEt, which tends to, secure the tranquility of Eur , pe ; and by giving my hand to the P4cess Louisa, to etlace every tl►•ng that is not inseparably connected with a.. perpetual friendship between France. and Austria." • Fir ANKvolvr., ArPll., t7.--Cotrut_Ale_tutrri;ch_hag forwarded dispatciie► to his Court eyety - day since his arrival at Paris. _ , Among the reports in circulation, one is, that the whole of Crow's is to be ceded to Austria; The union of the Crown Prince of qavaria with the Princess Theresa, of Saxen Hedelburgbausen, will be celebrated with great pomp at Munich.— Tlie residence of the Prince will be at Salzburgh or Inspruck.. Madame Steel Von Holstein intends, it is said, to bid a' final adien to Europa, and to reside in future at New York. Mr. William Schlegel will accom pany her 'thither. Yesterday passed through this city, on their Way to Paris, the Danish Privy Counsellor Von Rosen dantz, from Copenhagen, and a French. Courier, from' St. Petersburgh. VIENNA, APRIL i I.—The Pacha of Traunick has taken by storm the town of Zeddin, in Croatia. It is reported, that the battalions of the LandWher will have have a field-day, on the ASt of May for the purpose of exercise. The volunteer 'corps of the capital ate disbanded. The General of Cavalry, Count 43ellegarde,.this day, took the oaths, in the presence of hi; Ma jesty, on his appoinimmt as President of the -Coun cil of War. pleastire camp, will, it is said, be formed the ensuitz summer in' the environs of l'est, u. the same tooting as durio the reign of Joseph 11. HANOv.ea, Arab. 16.—Yesterday passed through this place, on its way toMeti, a considerable French train of artillery, lately stationed on the Elbe. The French soldiers are now paid and - subsisted by our couni ry. His Westphalian Majesty intends, it is said, to paSs two,months in this city, after his return from Paris. UTH sc trr, APIUL 25.—His Majesty the King of 1 Holland has .conter - red upon General Dumonceau the title of Count Van Berger-Dais. According to advices from Magdehurgh, of the lOrli inst. the French Imperial Hussars, for some time past quartered at Neustadt, bad, iu cinse-; quence of unexpected orders, suddenly broke up on their march, ,as was reported, for the circle of Fran conia. A detachment of Gens-d'armes has passed thrr,u , ,h Augsburgh on iheir way to the Inn, tbr the purpose of collecting and forwarding .to Strasburg, any French soldiers . who may have loitered behind in the South of Germany, upon the evacuation of that country by their respective corps. An article from Stockht4m; of the 10th inst. says, that Count Wrede• was to set off in a few days on his embassy to Paris. The next day the plan of a conscription for 50,000 men was to he submitted to the Diet. M. Desaugiers, the French Charge d'Affaires, artived'at Sf.9"?khohn on the gth. The King of Saxony s'lour to Poland is fixed for the 30th of May. Prince Poniatowsky hai left Dresden for Warsaw,. to make preparations for the reception of his Majesty. BANKS OF THE ELBE, APRIL 6.—Private letters from Paris to some French Ernigrauti of high rank l esidina * in Altona, in the Duchy of Holstein,, that NAPOLEON, since his' marriage, ith man Archdlichess MARIA LOUISA, has resolved, 16 order to please her anti her friends, to order a revi sion to he made of the trial of Lours XVI. and MARIA ANTCINETTE, his unfortunate spouse, botli of whom perished by the axe of the guilfotine, in the former part of the French revolution. The surviving members of the French National Conven tion or Revolutionary Tribunal, who voted for the death of either, will, it is said, be banished or im prisoned for life in some state pris6n. This stale trick of the Jacobin. Usurper seems probably in tended, if ever put in execution, to give some-mo ral.. consistency to his extraordinary marriage: It' is added, that some of the principal architeas in France have aaually been ordered to present plans for two splefidid monuments to be raised in some of the most conspicuous public squares in Paris, to the , memory of the Royal Viaims. Some persons pretend that another matrimonial treaty is on the tapir, between the Archduke Jong of Austria and' Alidernoiselle BUONAPARTB, th e beautiful daughter of the Senator LUCIEN) 't° whom fresh offers of crowns and royal diadeMs-are said to have been lately made by his brother, as un - - successfully as ever. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING, 180. FE.: DA Y, APRIL 27. Major Wilson's o. by Young Whiskey, 7st. 111 b. beat. IA C. Somerset's Scorpion, 9st. 71b. Two.yr-old 7 to.} on Major Wilson's c. by Young Whiskey. Duke of Gratton's POpe, Bst. tzlb. beat Lord Darliagtor o Teyant, 7st. Sib. Two-yr-old Coutse zoogs. to ope.' Major Wheatley's Wren, beat Lord C. FL Somerset's Ca' betus, Bst. 71b. each: To run the sane distance as the 'J yr..old Course, tinishing.at the end of the B. C. sogs.-4 to agst Wren.' • Lorti Oxford's Vitoria, Bst. glb. beat Mr. Bouveries EaS• ton, Bst. zlb. D. 1. locAs. :7 .to 4-011 Vidoria. Mr. Howarth's c. oung hickey (bought .at rue Prince of Wales's sale), beat Mr. Vansittart's brother to But. • B.t. 61b. each. Two.yr-old Course zaogs. to 4 on Mr. Howoith's c. by Young Whi skey. A Gold Cup, value. toogs. by Subscribers of . togs: each. Ten Subscribers or no race. The overplus to be paid 1 0 the winner in specie, for 3-yr olds apd upwards. .Acrcs. s the Flat. To be named by ten o'clock op Wednesday eVenin, and the weights to be declared belOre dipper 01 • Thurs day. Mr. Sadler's Rumbo, aged, 3st. olb. I.(1 Dilflingtop's Musician, 5 yrs gst. • Mr; Shiikespeare's Knave of etuos, 4 yrs 7st. lab. • 3_ Ld Gresveners Eaton, 5 yrs lost. olb. • Major Wilson's luniper. 4 yrs gst. 71b. Mr. COUVCIie'S Easton, 4 yrs Sm. 71b. Sir S. Sit VVCIPS Gooseander, 4 yrs Sst. clb. Major Wheatley 's Sunbeam, 4 yrs Sst. 41b. Lord Lowther's Agnes, 4 yrs Sat. lib. Sir W. W. Wynn's Matiewois:llc Presle, yrs 7st...tzlb. Mr. Boast's Gr .- matre, 4 rs 61b. Mr. -Clove's 3,yrs 6sc. i Ob. Lord C. [4. Somerset's Cerberus, aged , `.34r. Sib. ' Major Wheatley' Sir Petronel, 3 yrs Sst .:,.h. Mr. Wyncinain's Trusty, 3 yrs 7sr. 71b. Gen. -Grcwienor's The )r our% Lochinvar, rs 6st, t3lb. The Judge could place but three - LCIO - 10.73 uric tot a aggt _ ton-3 to I a4st I troiPer. Mr. Bouveries‘ Easton, cst. rec. zogs. from Gen. GrosVg n.'N's The Young Lochinvar, Bst. 11. M. 50..45. Ld Sackville's Speculation, Sat. glb. re c . 30g1 . f ro m Lo rd F. Bentinck's Trump, Sst. Ab tel. I.cogs, /i. ft. Lorct'Oxford's Victoria, Est. rec. s•;:gs. from Lord C. 11" Somerset's Scorpion, Sst. 71b. 1). 1. toogs. Lord C. Somerset's Windsor, Sst: 71b. agst Lord oxforra' i Little Preston, Sst. Two-yr-old Course, tongs. Off bX consent. • dr dr dr dr - • Thursday. his MAJESTY rode on 'horseback 14 Windsor Park, accompanied by the Dukes of Yogic and CUMBER LA SD, Princesies AUGUSTA and Sorma" attended by Lords ARDEN and ST. „HELENS, Gen e' rats Da BODE, G YN NE; and nrzttoy, Coloo e TAYLO and Lady C. COLLIER. It is reported that his MAJESTY has determined to undergo the opera ion of couching, vvl a ki, it is . holo' will have the happy etfed of restoring to hit t. 1141 blessing of sight.. Princess IVAtty completed her 34th year ,o rt Wednesday. , The Duke of CLAtiENcE left Windsor on V ecl. nesday for Bushy. • The Dukes of CUMBERLAND. and SUSSEX l eft Windsor on Thursday afternoon. Ettraa of a letter from a Serjeant in the 70 1 regiment of foot, dated Lisbon, April 1 :—" '. 111(5 British army is about forty.leAgues from this citY; which I left about a month ago, and I hope in, few days to join them again. —Every man in Ll s ' bon .is_armed ; not one that is able but has 3 6re ' lockall ready for the field of a moment's noticei The Portuguese army is about 80,000, all we ll disciplined, and the British about ,30,000 ; if tiler, prove true; we can. put BUONAPARTE at defian t ', from entering Portogual. Ow artily looks present ; they lilve been for two months lying t .their ease, living upon the best the country ca afford." well at The letters from Holland state, that the license . for the importation of the, specified articles. ° France, are to be extended' to. Holland under se' vere restrietions, that no other commodities are to be introduced. The Captain and crew of oral ship are to be made responsible, in very heavy Pe' nalties, on the discov6 . y of any illicit. intercourse. An Envoy from Paris was ; expeded at Amsterdam' to issue the necessary orders under this arrange ment. It is not easy to account for the diminished vii gout with which the French have carried on their' operations in Spain for some time past. BtI00; PARTE has no other ohjed upon the Continent ( j occupy his troops, arid though " he is married, ai l can't come" himself, yet he has Generals 0 1 t 4; lents, and an immense military force. Some ti 6 34 ago, it vas announced that BERTHIER was to dire, ':e the war in Spain; best we find him enjoying fetes at Paris, or partaking of the amusemeot s Compiegne. In this pause, or suspension of vic e , ous operations, the Spaniards have had time to r cover from the alarm into which they we re 00; 4 by the easy passage which the Frencli - effecied o v; , the Sierra dela Ronda, to rally their troops, to rzo cruit their spirits, to increase their numbers, and kreproye .1 f Isla b,,1~n T,a -: ~~r~ SFP+E A t iki i j lee rs trov, li ght It ; vi gun ttris t, st 11'0.m abo tzu., ta,) 1 I